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Newhouse to host advance screening of new HBO comedy ‘Veep’
Alumni involved with the show will attend, answer questions Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, will host an advance screening of the new HBO comedy…
Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series to screen ‘Precious Knowledge’ with panel discussion April 2
The School of Education will screen the film “Precious Knowledge” as part of its Landscape of Urban Education series on Monday, April 2, at 4 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. The film will be followed by…
BBI chairman authors working paper on web access for people with cognitive disabilities
University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, has authored a working paper on web access for people with cognitive disabilities. The paper, commissioned by the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, discusses a right…
Point of Contact puts on first poetry book fair
On April 12, the Point of Contact Gallery inaugurates its first poetry book fair to showcase books by poets from the Syracuse area. All poets are invited to engage in an informal dialogue that evening to discuss “the book as…
Give blood, save lives, help SU beat UConn in blood drive competition
Students, faculty and staff at Syracuse University and University of Connecticut will compete in the annual “Are you up for the challenge?: Give Blood” competition during the month of April, which is also blood drive month for the American Red…
U.S. deputy secretary of state to speak at Maxwell on U.S. foreign policy priorities
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns will visit the Maxwell School on Friday, April 6, to give a talk on U.S. foreign policy priorities. The lecture, from 12:30-2 p.m., will be followed by an audience Q-and-A session. Burns is…
Second annual Syracuse Air Guitar Competition to be held April 14
Central New York Air Guitarists, get ready to rock for the Second Annual Syracuse Air Guitar Competition April 14 at the Red House, 201 South West St., Syracuse. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and competition begins at 8 p.m. The…
CNN’s Anderson Cooper to emcee Mirror Awards ceremony June 13
Anderson Cooper, anchor of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°,” will serve as emcee at the sixth annual Mirror Awards ceremony, to be held Wednesday, June 13, from 11:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at The Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue at Central Park South, New…
Rhythm and Roots performance will be Friday
Better Together Syracuse and the Office of Engagement Programs in Hendricks Chapel will present a Rhythm and Roots concert, “We Are The Americas,” on Friday, March 30, at 4:30 p.m. at the Alibrandi Catholic Center, 110 Walnut Place. The event…
Syracuse Youth Orchestras to perform April 1
The Syracuse Youth Orchestra (SYO) and Syracuse Youth String Orchestra (SYSO) will present a concert on Sunday, April 1 at 4:30 p.m. in the West Genesee High School auditorium, 5201 W. Genesee St., Camillus. Tickets for the concert are $10…